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 PUBLIC LAW 95-627—NOV. 10, 1978 agencies to implement or expand operations under the program within the following year in the neediest one-third of all areas unserved or partially served; "(1) a description of how the State agency's delivery system will enable low-income persons to receive supplemental foods under this program, in accordance with standards developed by the Secretary; " (J) the State agency's plans for informing eligible persons of the program under this section in accordance with paragraph (8) of this subsection; " (K) a description of how the State agency plans to coordinate operations under the program with special counseling services such as, but not limited to, the expanded food and nutrition education program, family planning, imnumization, prenatal care, well-child care, alcohol and drug abuse counseling, child abuse counseling, and with the food stamp program; and "(L) a copy of the procedure manual developed by the State agency for the program under this section. The Secretary shall not approve any plan that permits any person to part icipate simultaneously in both the program authorized under this section and the commodity supplemental food program under section 1304 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. "(2) Not less than one month prior to the submission to the Governor of the plan of operation and administration required by this subsection, the State agency shall conduct hearings to enable the general public to participate in the development of the State agency plan. "(3) The Secretary shall establish procedures under which eligible migrants may, to the maximum extent feasible, continue to participate in the program under this section when they are present in States other than the State in which they were originally certified for participation in the program. Each State agency shall be responsible for administering the program for migrant populations within its jurisdiction. "(4) State agencies shall submit monthly financial reports and participation data to the Secretary. "(5) State and local agencies operating under the program shall keep such accounts and records, including medical records, as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to determine whether there has been compliance with this section and to determine and evaluate the benefits of the nutritional assistance provided under this section. Such accounts and records shall at all times be available for inspection and audit by representatives of the Secretary and shall be preserved for such period of time, not in excess of five years, as the Secretary determines necessary. "(6) The State agency, upon receipt of a completed application from a local agency for participation in the program (and the Secretary, upon receipt of a completed application from a State agency), shall notify the applicant agency in writing within thirty days of the approval or disapproval of the application, and any disapproval shall be accompanied with a statement of the reasons for such disapproval. Within fifteen days after receipt of an incomplete application, the State acfcncy (or the Secretary) shall notify the applicant agency of the additional information needed to complete the application. " (7) Local agencies participating in the program under this section shall notify persons of their eligibility or ineligibility for the pro-

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7 USC 612c note. Hearings,

Eligible migrants,

Recordkeeping,

Notification,

Notification. Notification,

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